A reminder that I am running for one of the 9 slots for IEA Retired delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly in Hotlanta this summer.

Retired members vote by mail and the ballots must be mailed by April 25th. No need to point out whose interests I will be looking out for. But if you don’t get the ballot in the mail, I can’t do my job.

Check your mail boxes over the next couple of days and don’t set it aside. You’ll forget. I always do.

No, it's not the companies he's after. It's their workers' standard of living. It's a political bait-and-switch. On the campaign trail, the billionaire populist rails against against corporations on behalf of the "little people". But it's all done with a wink and a nod.Trump's staged fight with Carrier was never a […]

“At the Oceti Sakowin camp there were celebrations into the night when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision was announced. Fireworks lit up the sky, which is normally dominated by police searchlights, and there were songs, prayers, and dance. And tears. The decision to halt work on the Dakota Access pipeline may be the victory that the Standing Rock Si […]

Momentary Victory at Standing Rock!From the New York Times, December 4, 2016http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/federal-officials-to-explore-different-route-for-dakota-pipeline.html?emc=edit_na_20161204&nlid=60166750&ref=cta&_r=0“Federal officials announced on Sunday that they would not approve permits for construction of the Dakota Access Pipel […]